Index: trunk/packages/invirt-dev/python/invirt/builder.py
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--- trunk/packages/invirt-dev/python/invirt/builder.py	(revision 3041)
+++ trunk/packages/invirt-dev/python/invirt/builder.py	(revision 3042)
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 import os
+import subprocess
 
 from debian_bundle import changelog
-from debian_bundle import deb822
 
 import invirt.common as c
@@ -125,6 +125,11 @@
 
         b = pocketToGit(p)
-        current_commit = c.captureOutput(['git', 'rev-parse', b],
-                                         cwd=package_repo).strip()
+        try:
+            current_commit = c.captureOutput(['git', 'rev-parse', b],
+                                             cwd=package_repo).strip()
+        except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
+            # Guess we haven't created this pocket yet
+            continue
+
         current_version = getVersion(package, b)